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From power cuts to powerful threats, Venezuela's indigenous journalists face a series of challenges in their reporting
September 13, 2017 5:14 PM ET
Three twentysomethings huddle over a desk in a small room in Tucupita, a low-slung city of about 90,000 people that spills across the Orinoco river delta region in northeastern Venezuela. Far from the tear gas and street conflicts roiling cities including Caracas and Valencia, these journalists are focused on...
On the front lines of reporting in Guerrero, Mexico's most-violent state
September 11, 2017 5:02 PM ET
Several months ago, during a three-day journalism congress in Mexico City, a reporter from the southern Mexican state of Guerrero took out his cell phone and scrolled through a series of pictures. The photos showed teenagers smiling at the camera, carrying automatic rifles, and sporting bulletproof vests....
Paraguayan judge releases drug trafficker who had planned to kill journalist
September 11, 2017 3:29 PM ET
New York, September 11, 2017--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of Paraguayan journalist Cándido Figueredo Ruiz following the release from prison of an alleged drug trafficker who had previously planned to kill him....
Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest
September 5, 2017 5:45 PM ET
Bogotá, September 5, 2017--Bolivian authorities must drop charges against a radio journalist arrested while covering a violent demonstration last week in the capital city of La Paz, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Mexican journalist severely injured in Puebla state
August 29, 2017 4:28 PM ET
Unknown assailants on August 15, 2017, attacked reporter Fredy Morales Salas at his home in the Venustiano Carranza district in the Mexican state of Puebla, some 80 miles (130km) from the country's capitol, according to local journalists, officials and news reports....
Two Salvadoran news websites threatened for their reporting
August 28, 2017 5:55 PM ET
New York, August 28, 2017--Salvadoran authorities must conduct a swift and credible investigation of escalating online and physical threats against journalists at two digital news outlets and enact sufficient measures to ensure the journalists' safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Knife-wielding assailants attack crime reporter in southwestern Colombia
August 25, 2017 5:19 PM ET
New York, August 25, 2017--Colombian authorities should undertake a swift and credible investigation into an attack yesterday against crime reporter Mauricio Cardoso in the southwestern state of Caquetá, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Trump administration says it is pursuing 3 times as many leak investigations as predecessor
August 4, 2017 2:04 PM ET
New York, August 4, 2017--Relaxing U.S. government guidelines to make it easier for investigators to subpoena journalists and their records would have a chilling effect on press freedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a news conference today that U.S. President Donald...
Colombian documentary filmmaker repeatedly threatened with death
August 1, 2017 5:44 PM ET
New York, August 1, 2016--Colombian authorities should swiftly and credibly investigate threats against documentary filmmaker and activist Bladimir Sánchez Espitia and should ensure his safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Sánchez told CPJ a man with a gun came looking for him in the early hours of...